# Bulk deleting drawings

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bulk-deleting-drawings/25481>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [April 26, 2023, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bulk-deleting-drawings/25481 "2023-04-26T09:03:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![benaston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@benaston](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/benaston)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bulk-deleting-drawings/25481/1 "2023-04-26T09:03:31Z")

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I have been experiencing poor performance in Shapr3D for a long time.

I finally cracked and tried to investigate. It turns out I have a large number of 2D drawings: well over a hundred.

Surely I don’t have to go through the clunky interface one by one to delete these? This will take days…

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**Author:** ![CdJ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/cdj/32/19648_2.png) [@CdJ](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/CdJ)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bulk-deleting-drawings/25481/2 "2023-07-18T15:02:41Z")

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Benaston, not only poor performance; I found out that with a certain number of 2D drawings ( \>50 or so) Shapr3D will crash every now and then. I have the same issue with deletion; I have large number of 2D drawings and it is undoable to delete. It should be fairly easy for Shapr3D to solve by adding swipe to delete instead of select - delete - confirm.

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**Author:** ![Alexander\_P](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/alexander_p/32/9694_2.png) [@Alexander\_P](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Alexander_P)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bulk-deleting-drawings/25481/3 "2023-07-18T15:40:00Z")

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Hi there,

We actually fixed an issue recently related the this. If you update to the newest release ([5.410](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/5-410-base-plane-selection/26459)) and still experience poor performance or crashes when having more than 50 drawings please let me know and if possible send us the affected workspace with opening a [support ticket here](https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/requests/new) and we will be happy to investigate.

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**Author:** ![benaston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@benaston](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/benaston)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/bulk-deleting-drawings/25481/4 "2023-07-30T20:32:49Z")

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The solution is to export as a X\_T file and then re-import from that file into a new drawing. X\_T is a native Siemens Parasolid drawing and will immediately eliminate all drawings.